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Guest miners will have the chance to find all kinds of minerals, including sapphire, moonstone, smoky quartz, and ruby.—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025 One of her own favorite pieces, is a version of the Pottering Around bracelet made with Swiss river stones, rather than the original smoky quartz and Indonesian jasper.—Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 In terms of stones, there’s a lot of amethyst and smoky quartz cut into ‘split cabochons’, and perhaps, more unusually for jewelry, some ulexite (or ‘TV stone’).—Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 The grounding influence of the smoky quartz crystal, however, can help Capricorn stay focused, enhancing their ability to achieve their goals with a clear mindset, practitioners say.—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024 Although shaded eyeglasses made from smoky quartz are said to date back to 12th-century China, sun-protective eyewear may have first emerged among the Indigenous people of the Arctic, such as the ancestors of the Inuit or Yupik tribes.—Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 The amber-colored pebbles are made of smoky quartz, and the white ones are from rock crystal.—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024 Rows of tables displayed a wide array of crystals, including smoky quartz, said to provide protection and survival instincts.—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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